DSM - ANC

$416 Find Cheap Flights from Des Moines to Anchorage

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Des Moines to Anchorage departing on 4/30. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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Cheapest round-trip
$574
Delta
Wed 1/28Wed 2/4
DSM - ANC • 2 stops
Cheapest one-way
$416
United Airlines
Thu 4/30
DSM - ANC • 1 stop
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Cheap Flights from Des Moines to Anchorage (DSM-ANC)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Des Moines to Anchorage that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Des Moines to Anchorage

Wed, Jan 28 - Wed, Feb 4
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6:24 am - 10:18 pm
DSM
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ANC
18h 54m2 stops
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5:55 am - 9:24 pm
ANC
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DSM
12h 29m2 stops
$574Delta
Thu, Jan 29 - Wed, Feb 4
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6:24 am - 8:44 pm
DSM
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ANC
17h 20m2 stops
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1:20 am - 9:24 pm
ANC
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DSM
17h 04m2 stops
$594Delta
Wed, Jan 28 - Wed, Feb 4
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6:54 am - 10:18 pm
DSM
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ANC
18h 24m2 stops
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9:15 pm - 10:19 am
ANC
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DSM
10h 04m1 stop
$614Delta
Thu, Feb 5 - Sun, Feb 15
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10:59 am - 12:09 am
DSM
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ANC
16h 10m2 stops
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1:20 am - 8:49 pm
ANC
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DSM
16h 29m2 stops
$616Delta
Thu, Feb 5 - Sun, Feb 15
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10:59 am - 8:44 pm
DSM
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ANC
12h 45m2 stops
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1:20 am - 8:49 pm
ANC
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DSM
16h 29m2 stops
$619Delta
Thu, Feb 5 - Mon, Feb 16
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6:54 am - 8:44 pm
DSM
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ANC
16h 50m2 stops
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9:15 pm - 10:17 am
ANC
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DSM
10h 02m1 stop
$621Delta
Thu, Jan 29 - Thu, Feb 5
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10:59 am - 12:09 am
DSM
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ANC
16h 10m2 stops
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9:15 pm - 10:19 am
ANC
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DSM
10h 04m1 stop
$624Delta
Thu, Feb 5 - Mon, Feb 16
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4:22 pm - 12:09 am
DSM
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ANC
10h 47m2 stops
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5:45 am - 9:17 pm
ANC
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DSM
12h 32m2 stops
$644Delta
Thu, Feb 5 - Mon, Feb 16
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10:59 am - 12:09 am
DSM
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ANC
16h 10m2 stops
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9:15 pm - 10:17 am
ANC
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DSM
10h 02m1 stop
$649Delta
Thu, Feb 5 - Mon, Feb 16
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6:54 am - 6:56 pm
DSM
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ANC
15h 02m1 stop
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9:15 pm - 10:17 am
ANC
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DSM
10h 02m1 stop
$656Delta
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Des Moines to Anchorage flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Des Moines to Anchorage to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Des Moines to Anchorage?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Des Moines to Anchorage clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If you are looking for a flight deal from Des Moines to Anchorage, look for departures on Saturdays and avoid leaving on a Sunday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Anchorage, Thursday is the cheapest day to fly and Wednesday is the most expensive.

Good to know

Cheapest flight$416
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 14% lower on average.
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When to book flights from Des Moines to Anchorage

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FAQs for booking flights from Des Moines to Anchorage

  • What is the cheapest flight from Des Moines to Anchorage?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Des Moines to Anchorage was $416 for a one-way ticket and $574 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Des Moines and Anchorage?

    Even though you are not required to have a passport, keep in mind that an official ID is needed to board the airplane.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Des Moines to Anchorage?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Des Moines to Anchorage?

    Star Alliance, oneworld, and SkyTeam are the airline alliances operating flights between Des Moines and Anchorage, with Star Alliance being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Des Moines to Anchorage, Alaska Airlines or Delta?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Des Moines to Anchorage are Alaska Airlines and Delta. With an average price for the route of $878 and an overall rating of 8.0, Alaska Airlines is the most popular choice. Delta is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $824 and an overall rating of 7.9.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Des Moines to Anchorage?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Des Moines to Anchorage.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Des Moines to Anchorage?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Anchorage from Des Moines is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Des Moines to Anchorage?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Anchorage with an airline and back to Des Moines with another airline. Booking your flights between Des Moines and ANC can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Des Moines to Anchorage?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Anchorage from Des Moines up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving from Des Moines to Anchorage

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Des Moines to Anchorage. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Des Moines to Anchorage? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.0
Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 11463 reviews
7.0Entertainment
7.1Food
7.8Comfort
8.5Crew
8.1Boarding
Airline reviews

See previous. It was the flight from Honolulu to Kapalua that was cancelled.

8.0 ExcellentEvie, Dec 2025
SAN - HNL
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See previous. It was the flight from Honolulu to Kapalua that was cancelled.

Poor, the last leg of our trip was cancelled and we didn't know about it until we arrived at the airport. Another flight on the same airline was not available until three days later which would have ruined our vacation. Luckily we were able to get re-blooked on another airline after spending hours at the airport.

I wish you would have just canceled the Saturday flight from sea to rdd on Dec 13. the diversion cost me more time and money than if I had just rebooked to Sacramento. It was a huge headache and cost.

The delays were awful and the constant gate changes were annoying and the forceful bag checking was rude.

The flight attendants were excellent and I was in the back of the plane. Much much better than recent JetBlue experiences on that route and better than Delta on that route.

I’m not sure there is anything that can be improved, even the cost was fantastic.

I liked that I made it onto the flight rather than “missing” the connection. We left PDX early in the morning along with half of Portland arriving at about the same time as we did- 2 hours prior to our flight leaving. The layover was for less than an hour and we were concerned that we would not make the connection, but as it turns out, the flight leaving LAX was even more delayed in departure due to needing some maintenance repair for the a/c of the plane. As for the food- it seems not so very nice that you are not feeding people and offering complementary alcohol on the international flights any more.

I was standing in line to use the restroom. A First Class passenger wanted to use the restroom after me, but Jaques made me wait on Flight 3418 from BOI to SJC on December 12, 2025. I felt this was inappropriate and rude.

The flight was fine. The connecting flight was a nightmare. Gate change without text or email notification was super frustrating and I ended up missing my connecting flight. Return flight was delayed and had I not quadruple checked flight time, gate and refreshed the Alaska Airlines app every 5 minutes, I would have taken a flight that would not arrive in time for my connecting flight. Ended up flying Delta home.

Short trip from Honolulu to Kauai. Not a major issue. Only concern was the drop off of the luggage for departure. Only one person handling all of the passengers. She was busting her butt.

Original flight was cancelled and when i was rebooked by the airline, they couldn't seat me in the same type of seat as I had originally booked (went from window/aisle to middle/middle and one was a bulkhead seat, and other wasn't in the same class)

Lady Pilot was perfect in every way wheels up to wheels down communication, professionalism, excellent on time departure and on time arrival, excellent communication! Fantastic job with Superb attitude!!

The food is terrible. The staff is wonderful. Comfort is good.

Left on time, a bit delayed due to headwinds most of the trip.

I fly Delta all the time, have Platinum Medallion status. But this route seems to have major problems with delays and seems to never leave on time! Have only taken it twice in the last two weeks, and each time it had delays of more than 1 hour... very disappointed!!!!

Good seats in Main cabin, excellent service and excellent landing

My flight was cancelled with no explanation after I had already cleared security. I was given 4 options to rebook, only one being non-stop like I had paid for. I grabbed it. It was 4 plus hours later and then took off even later. Biggest complaint is that I booked early and had an aisle seat. They gave me a "window" seat in front of the exit row, so the seat did not decline. I weigh all of 103 #s and it was tight for me! For what I paid, I feel I was kind of ripped off. I think they should have given me the empty comfort seat for the inconvenience. There was no apology nor any explanation as to why the flight was cancelled. My guess is it benefitted Delta in some way.

Very smooth, on-time, and pleasantly uneventful flight. The team at the gate and on board were professional and genuinely courteous. The pilot kept us well updated throughout, and both takeoff and landing were steady and enjoyable without any drama. Just a good, solid flight. Thank you! 💗

Staff was exceptional! Everyone was kind, professional and friendly making the trip very pleasant. Thank you!

No lunch on a x-country flight scheduled for 10:50 am departure, arrived 5+ hrs later. That requires a black box label before you pay for the tickets. Worst, when I checked in online, it's specifically said that lunch was served on his flight for economy Plus passengers.

The flight was on time. I generally don’t drink or eat on short flights and the seats were good and the flight attendants were friendly. That’s all I expect

It was nice to have gotten up upgraded to first class with a meal on a three hour flight

United have really come back. Airport and boarding process is clear and good, app and information also very good

Flight was delayed 8 times. We were sitting at the airport for 14 hours. We got 2 hours of sleep (if that) on what was not meant to be a red-eye.

After a delay at the gate, C3, at Ohare on Sunday, I left my Blk ski coat on the bench at the gate, lost! Please review my lob claim, thx.

Very bad! They kept delaying my flight and wouldn’t do anything about it

They brought an empty plane to the gate. Then a flight delay was announced for maintenance and waiting on a part. I was then put on a flight to San Francisco instead with a connecting flight to my final destination. Arrived at my final destination 2 hours late.

The only downside was my cell phone charger wouldn’t work in the charging port but everyone else’s would work in them all. My cell phone cable works fine in my hotel room in Frankfurt.

Flight team stood out for perzonal attention, kindness at bright cheery attitudes at 8am. Very helpful.

Ot was overall fine. Left on time and had basic snacks. Weather was finicky but that’s not the airlines fault.

Gate was overcrowded. Gate agents performed very well. Flight crew was top notch! Efficient & professional & courteous. Both meals not thermalized well. Dinner main dish was actually cold in the center. Almost inedible. Breakfast sandwich was lukewarm.

The boarding was as always, the crew tried their best but not enough. The food was a disaster I had dietary restrictions that were half met because the company did not loaded the food for the flight. The entertainment screen was fine but content was not and also they removed the free messaging option from the flight and they charged 30 dollars for that crappy bandwidth. This flight is not worth the cost and the company is going down on quality.

Awful. They won’t help me with anything. I booked on American but they abdicated to Iberia. The ticket was overpriced. Everything negative

it was fine, decent flight... dont get food besides cookies or pretzels so not sure why you ask about food. same for entertainment..

I got sick nothing contagious but distressing and the care I received by Kayla? Keighly the flight attendant will be memorable for ever. Thank You

I got sick nothing contagious but distressing enough and the care I received on the flight was astounding.

Waaay too small plane. They also need to up the size of the overhead bins. I would love to keep me 3k with of camera equipment in my hard case baggahe instead of it being thrown into the belly of the plane

Attendants were pleasant and the flight was smooth and relaxed.

A little late at the start but all worked out well.

It was fine. No drinks nor snacks offered though. I thought that was unusual.

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